Rethinking Java strings

The Java string classes, String and StringBuffer, lie at the extremes of a spectrum (immutable, reference-based and mutable, content-based). Motivated by data-intensive text applications, we propose a new string class, MutableString, which tries to embody the best of both approaches.1

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: PPPJ
• Authors: Paolo Boldi, Sebastiano Vigna
• Keywords: Data-intensive Text Applications, Java String Classes, PPPJ 2003, Software Engineering, String